It was inspired by Bonnie Hunter's Triple treat leader-ender challenge. Every year she shares a scrap friendly block pattern and invites followers to sew along with her in creating lots of blocks, using lots of scraps and maybe even making a quilt from them.
These blocks started with four-patches which were then sewn together with larger pieces.
These blocks started with four-patches which were then sewn together with larger pieces.
I basted the quilt quite soon after finishing the flimsy (which is quite unusual for me) but it had sat waiting for attention ever since.
Until recently. To be honest, I realised that all my basting pins were tied up in quilts and I had none left for anything else!
I chose to quilt it with a basic meander/large stipple. I haven't quilted a big quilt with meandering before but I decided it would be perfect for a scrap quilt. The fact that I wouldn't have to think much, and that it wouldn't take long to clock up the miles also helped!
I got so excited to finish it that I even started sewing the binding on before I had finished quilting it!
Here it is when I'd first finished it; woohoo, loving it! —
And today I took it out into the wild for its official photo shoot —
I have started another Scrappy Leader-Ender quilt. Not one of Bonnie Hunter's challenges, but one I saw at our Scrub Stitching retreat earlier in the year.
It is Bonnie Lass by Jen Kingwell —
Another easy and addictive leader-ender project that doesn't use up nearly enough scraps!!
'til next time,
Happy stitches,
Happy stitches,
Raewyn
PS Is anyone else having issues (again) with Blogger? All comments are coming through with no-reply email addresses. I tested by commenting on myself and even though it looked like I was properly signed in, my email came up as no-reply. OR is it a setting I've inadvertently changed?
Great finish Raewyn - what an effective block and the design it works up to. Love the backing too. xx
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ReplyDeleteSo good to have a finish and doing the all over stipple is always a great way to quilt a scrappy.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy making the other leader and ended.
M
So good to have a finish and doing the all over stipple is always a great way to quilt a scrappy.
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very nice scrappy raewyn...bonnie has some great patterns available for her peeps!
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ReplyDeleteDidn't that turn out well, you must be so pleased. And your new scrappy blocks look great, simple and easy to see, that's a bonus.
ReplyDeleteSuper way to use up those precious scraps. Love the chain effect.
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ReplyDeleteI love the way that the white squares really pull the whole quilt together.
Great finish. Lovely to see it in the wild too. The new blocks look like fun.
ReplyDeleteGreat finish, well done, it looks amazing. Your new one looks great too. I am having problems with blogger and comments too. Quite a few people are from what I am hearing.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great scrap quilt, and I think the meander quilting fits it to a "T"!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a fun new leader-ender project. I like how each block has a color, but the fabrics within the block are all different.
Yes, I'm having trouble with blogger, but not the same trouble you are having (though I have heard from others that my comments are coming in as no-reply, even though I am logged into my google account when I comment. My problem is that no comments are coming through to my email, so I thought no one had commented. I've done my usual trick to remedy the problem, but for the first time, it didn't work!
Beautiful quilt! I just downloaded the pattern. I like that you used 2 inch rather than 1-1/2 inch - that gives me permission to do the same - lol! How funny that you were having so much fun you started the binding before the quilt was finished.
ReplyDeleteI love this pattern. It looks so good with the chain running through it. It’s such a fun use of scraps too.
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